Undergraduate Module Outlines
Below are Political Science Undergraduate Modules for 2026/27
Please note: Module outlines for the Academic Year 2026/27 are currently being updated and may be subject to change.
While the modules and module descriptors are set out below as accurately as possible, additions or removals of available modules, and changes of module content, instructors, and assessment procedures are often unavoidable between now and the start of the 2026/27 academic year because of changes in staff availability, resource constraints, and other pressures. Thank you for your understanding.
Junior Freshman
Senior Freshman
- POU22011: History of Political Thought A (5 ECTS)
- POU22013: History of Political Thought A (Philosophy) (5 ECTS)
- POU22021: International Relations A (5 ECTS)
- POU22022: International Relations B (5 ECTS)
- POU22031: Comparative Politics A (5 ECTS)
- POU22032: Comparative Politics B (5 ECTS)
- POU22012: History of Political Thought B (5 ECTS)
- POU22014: History of Political Thought B (Philosophy) (5 ECTS)
- POU22040: Introduction to Political Science Research (10 ECTS)
Junior Sophister
Michaelmas Term
- POU33011: Research Methods for Political Science A (5 ECTS)
- POU33021: Irish Politics A (5 ECTS)
- POU33041: Political Institutions of the United States (5 ECTS)
- POU33071: European Union Politics A (5 ECTS)
- POU33091: Political Violence A (5 ECTS)
- PIU33173: Political Philosophy (5 ECTS)
- POU33193: Politics and Markets (5 ECTS)
- POU33201: Authoritarianism (5 ECTS)
- POU33231: Political Participation & Mobilisation (5 ECTS)
Hilary Term
- POU33012: Research Methods for Political Science B (5 ECTS)
- POU33032: Irish Politics B (5 ECTS)
- POU33082: European Union Politics B (5 ECTS)
- POU33102: Political Violence B (5 ECTS)
- POU33132: European Court of Justice (5 ECTS)
- POU33174: Introduction to Qualitative Methods (5 ECTS)
- POU33184: Topics in International Politics (5 ECTS)
- POU33212: Identity Politics and Political Competition (5 ECTS)
- POU33222: Politics of the United Kingdom (5 ECTS)
Senior Sophister
Michaelmas Term
- POU44021: Contemporary International Relations A (5 ECTS)
- POU44403: Topics in Far-Right Politics (5 ECTS)
- POU44311: Gender and Politics (5 ECTS)
- POU44251: Politics of Forced Migration (5 ECTS)
- POU44423: Topics in Political Science 11: Making Sense of China (5 ECTS)
- POU44603: Contemporary Political Theory A (5 ECTS)
- POU44623: Elections, Parties and Public Opinion in Ireland (5 ECTS)
- POU44653: Causes, Political Consequences, and Responses to Hate Crime (5 ECTS)
- POU44663: Politics Across the Lifespan (5 ECTS)
- POU44683: Contemporary Political Theory A (5 ECTS)
- ECU44111/ECU44311: Topics in Political Economy (10 ECTS)
Hilary Term
- POU44032: Contemporary International Relations B (5 ECTS)
- POU44112: Political Parties (5 ECTS)
- POU44172: Russian Politics After Communism (5 ECTS)
- POU44192: Advanced Topics in Civil Conflict (5 ECTS)
- POU44272: Religion and Politics (5 ECTS)
- POU44334: New Topics in Pol. Sci. 12: Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism (5 ECTS)
- POU44502: Topics in Political Science 9: East Asian Politics
- POU44634: International Political Economy (10 ECTS)
- POU44644: Forecasting Politics (5 ECTS)
- POU44674: Mass Media and Politics (5 ECTS)
- PIU44114: Theories of Rights (5 ECTS)
Year-Long
- POU44000: Capstone Year-Long Research Project (20 ECTS)
- POU44040: African Politics (10 ECTS)
- POU44050: Political Psychology (10 ECTS)